Patents by Inventor Tim K. Hoyt

Tim K. Hoyt has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and apparatus for making a cable termination assembly
    Patent number: 4829667
    Abstract: A cable termination assembly for in line emulation function includes plural pairs of electrical IDC (insulation displacement connection) contacts that face opposite directions on opposite sides of a multiconductor cable and a strain relief for holding together the cable and the contacts for use such that electrical connection is provided among each pair of contacts and a respective conductor of the cable. Desirably the IDC connections of contacts to the cable conductors are made simultaneously by contacts on both sides of the cable. A method and a machine for making the assembly provide for such simultaneous IDC connections and subsequent direct molding of the strain relief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 16, 1989
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John M. Thompson, Tim K. Hoyt
  • Dual direction insulation displacement connection cable termination assembly
    Patent number: 4762506
    Abstract: A cable termination assembly for in line emulation function includes plural pairs of electrical IDC (insulation displacement connection) contacts that face opposite directions on opposite sides of a multiconductor cable and a strain relief for holding together the cable and the contacts for use such that electrical connection is provided among each pair of contacts and a respective conductor of the cable. Desirably the IDC connections of contacts to the cable conductors are made simultaneously by contacts on both sides of the cable. A method and a machine for making the assembly provide for such simultaneous IDC connections and subsequent direct molding of the strain relief.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: John M. Thompson, Tim K. Hoyt